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for the Week of September 12 to September 19, 2010
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Posted 2010-09-18:
- Night light pollution affect songbirds' mating life, research suggests
- Alzheimer's drug boosts perceptual learning in healthy adults
- Quantum tornado in the electron beam: Manipulating materials with rotating quantum particles
- Tick tock: Rods help set internal clocks, biologist says
- Synthetic fuels research aims to reduce oil dependence
- Overprotective parents may impact heart anxiety in adults with congenital heart conditions
- Fish schools and krill swarms take on common shape
- Promising techniques for extending the life of an organ transplant developed
- NASA uses new method to estimate Earth mass movements
- Drug combination may treat traumatic brain injury
- U.S. tsunami detection improves, but coastal areas still vulnerable, report finds
- Proposal by WHO to eliminate AIDS in South Africa is flawed, model shows
- Asian 'unicorn' photographed for first time in over 10 years
- How does Prozac act? By acting on the microRNA
- Channeling efforts to fight cystic fibrosis: Crosstalk between ion channels points to new therapeutic strategy
- Research could improve detection of liver damage
- Radiometric dating still reliable (again), research shows
- Standardized violence-prevention programs may not prevent teen fighting, findings suggest
Posted 2010-09-18:
- Physicists cross hurdle in quantum manipulation of matter
- Father absence linked to earlier puberty among certain girls
- When Earth's mantle meets its core: Findings boost hypothesis of deep magma ocean
- Women with diabetes having more C-sections and fetal complications, study finds
- Pickle spoilage bacteria may help environment
- Teenagers are more sedentary on weekends
- Foraging for fat: Crafty crows use tools to fish for nutritious morsels
- Popular supplements to combat joint pain do not work, study finds
- Veterinarian says natural foods not always best for pets
- Protein can regulate blood stem cells: New hope for future leukemia treatments
- Tornado-chasing becomes vacation choice, researchers find
- Less is more in the fight against terrorism
- Brain matter linked to introspective thoughts: Structure of prefrontal cortex helps humans think about one's own thinking
- Researchers identify genetic marker of aggressive Alzheimer's disease
- New insights into the moon's rich geologic complexity
- Fat stem cells safe for breast reconstruction when cancer is dormant, study suggests
- The biggest crash on Earth: India slides under Tibet, but how?
- How Palestinian and Israeli children are psychologically scarred by exposure to war
- Moon's craters give new clues to early solar system bombardment
- Cancer-cell quirk could be exploited to develop new drugs that starve tumors
- Cardiac imaging breakthrough developed
- Researcher discovers new 'anti-pathogenic' drugs to treat MRSA
- Fungus among us could become non-food source for biodiesel production
- Government urges universal flu vaccinations
- Tyrannosaurus redux: T. rex was more than just a large carnivore at top of food chain, new findings reveal
- Bacteria identified that may lead to inflammatory bowel disease in certain individuals
- Hot water in cold comets: Water around comets produced with unusual properties
- Healthy diet rocks when it comes to fighting kidney stones
- NASA data track seasonal pollution changes over India
- Strictly high heels: Researchers look at impact of high-heeled Latin dancing
- Scientists document fate of deep hydrocarbon plumes in Gulf oil spill
- Scientists develop test providing new pathway for identifying obesity, diabetes drugs
- Surprisingly complicated molecule found in outer space
- Neuroimaging identifies patients with REM sleep disturbances who will suffer Parkinson's disease
- Getting the news out: Disease transmission model says media coverage cuts infection rate and pandemic extent
- Acamprosate prevents relapse to drinking in alcoholism, review finds
- Optical chip enables new approach to quantum computing
- Significant weight-loss from surgery decreases risk for cardiovascular disease in women
- 'Goddess of fortune' found near shores of Sea of Galilee
- Beating blood clots: Reducing your risk before hip replacement surgery
- Global initiative underway to preserve yam biodiversity
- Death at home less distressing for cancer patients and families, study finds
Posted 2010-09-17:
- Understanding behavioral patterns: Why bird flocks move in unison
- Discovery of key pathway interaction may lead to therapies that aid brain growth and repair
- Shape-shifting robot plane offers safer alternative for maritime rescue
- Asthma and cavities both common in kids but not linked, study finds
- Optimizing climate change reduction
- Depression and heart disease combo more lethal than either one alone, study suggests
- 3-D computer simulations help envision supernovae explosions
- Increased brain protein levels linked to Alzheimer's disease
- Arctic sea ice reaches lowest 2010 extent, third lowest in satellite record
- How bacteria acquire immunity: First theoretical description of bacterial system to silence viral genes
- Home's electrical wiring acts as antenna to receive low-power sensor data
- Restricting pub closing times reduces assaults, Australia study finds
- Children's brain development is linked to physical fitness, research finds
- Discovery highlights promise of new immune system-based therapies
- Discovery of the secrets that enable plants near Chernobyl to shrug off radiation
- Molecule involved in heart failure now implicated in heart attack damage
- NASA's lunar spacecraft completes exploration mission phase
- Intensive care diaries protect patients from PTSD, researchers find
- Planck's first glimpse at galaxy clusters uncovers a new supercluster
- Genes related to body mass discovered
- Toward resolving Darwin's 'abominable mystery': Patterns of flower biodiversity point to the importance of having 'room to grow'
- New investigational compound targets pancreatic cancer cells
- Growing La Nina chills out the Pacific
- Why the craving for cocaine won’t go away
- New supercomputer 'sees' well enough to drive a car someday
- Blood test accurately predicts death from prostate cancer up to 25 years in advance
- Facial recognition technology aimed at spotting terrorists
- Fuzzy thinking could spot heart disease risk
- Low carbon hemp house put to the test
- Children under four and children with autism don't yawn contagiously
- 'Friendship paradox' may help predict spread of infectious disease
- Link to autism in boys found in missing DNA
- Robotic catheter could improve treatment of heart condition
- White Americans living longer with muscular dystrophy than African-Americans
- Carbon nanotubes twice as strong as once thought
- Gender gap in spatial ability can be reduced through training
- Glaciers help high-latitude mountains grow taller
- Even very low dose of regular aspirin wards off bowel cancer, study finds
- New wave: Spin soliton could be a hit in cell phone communication
- Enlarged hearts in women shrink faster than those in men after aortic valve replacement
- Scots Pine shows its continental roots
- Cognitive skills in children with autism vary and improve, study finds
- Electron switch between molecules points way to new high-powered organic batteries
- New insights provide promise for development of tools to protect damaged tissues
- Nature's gift for gardening may hold key to biodiversity
- Diet and exercise intervention for patients at risk for heart disease improves quality of life
- Farm management choice can benefit fungi key to healthy ecosystems
- Mental illness stigma entrenched in American culture; new strategies needed, study finds
- Analysis of the chocolate genome could lead to improved crops and products
- Researchers raise concerns over the increasing commercialization of science
- Attitudes must change if we are to achieve a good death for all, say experts
- Rising education levels among women save children's lives worldwide, research finds
- Development aid for maternal, newborn and child health doubled over five years
- Avoiding dangerous climate change: An international perspective
Posted 2010-09-16:
- Sequencing of cacao genome to help chocolate industry, subsistence farmers
- Mild memory loss is not a part of normal aging, new research finds
- Tranquil scenes have positive impact on brain
- Scientists glimpse 'dance of skeletons' inside neurons: Insight into developmental disorders, including Williams syndrome
- Neutrons helping researchers unlock secrets to cheaper ethanol
- Higher altitudes hide deadly problem: Increased suicide risk
- Do children understand irony? New study reveals they do
- Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second cancers in atomic bomb survivors
- Tiny MAVs may someday explore and detect environmental hazards
- Link between arthritis pain reliever and cardiovascular events discovered
- Largest ever white-shouldered ibis count
- Aerobic exercise relieves insomnia
- Fountain of youth in bile? Longevity molecule identified
- Gene for high cholesterol in blood found
- Simpler mathematical model for reproducing bacterial growth patterns developed
- Only 5% of Americans engage in vigorous physical activity on any given day
- Hydroelectric power reservoirs cleaner than previously feared, new research shows
- Perception of emotion is culture-specific
- Key mechanism behind sleep discovered: Finding holds promise for treatment of fatigue and sleep disorders
- Outsmarting killer bacteria
- World's last remaining tigers clustered in 6% of available habitat
- Type D personality associated with higher future heart risk
- NASA's Aqua satellite takes snapshot of Arctic Ocean sea ice
- How doctors rationalize acceptance of industry gifts
- Frosty times for dinosaurs: Major fall in temperature 137 million years ago during Cretaceous greenhouse period, evidence shows
- Consumption of 'good salt' can reduce population blood pressure levels, research finds
- Scientists reveal battery behavior at the nanoscale
- Implant blood test: Shape memory alloys are biocompatible, new research shows
- Computer in wrapping-paper form give solar cells a makeover
- Women more likely than men to accept scientific consensus on global warming, study finds
- Nanodiamonds discovered in Greenland ice sheet, contribute to evidence for cosmic impact
- New treatment for rabies advances after successful Phase 1 trial in India
- Salmon's body language tells all: Body language can be an indicator of stress or well-being in fish
- New focus on 'sudden death' heart disorder
- New microfluidic chip for discriminating bacteria
- Present imperfect: Doctors in training work even when ill, study finds
- Selfishness can sometimes help the common good, yeast study finds
- First US trial of bone-marrow stem cells for heart attack patients appears safe
- Ending the oceans' 'tragedy of the commons'
- Bone-anchored leg prostheses improve quality of life, Swedish study finds
- Improving crisis prediction, disaster control and damage reduction
- Burnout associated with self-reported unprofessional conduct among medical students
- Adapting to darkness: How behavioral and genetic changes helped cavefish survive extreme environment
- Benefits of healthy lifestyle factors stronger in combination
- ARTEMIS: First Earth-Moon libration orbiter
- Underlying dysfunction of seemingly non-critical heart condition identified
- How do your crystals grow?
- Discrimination hurts, but how much? A lot, if you're a teen, study finds
- Smart grid cyber security: Initial set of guidelines finalized
- New Global Standards Information website experience puts product standards on the map
- Enabling the technical-basis for evacuation planning of high-rise buildings
- Chronic diseases a global problem requiring global solutions, researchers say
- Women: Hope to marry young? Head to Alaska, steer clear of Alabama, study finds
- Chocolate farmers could benefit from newly sequenced cacao genome
- High-quality child care for low-income children: Long-term benefits
Posted 2010-09-15:
- Human impacts on the deep seafloor
- Lung cancer culprit could offer target for therapy, researchers report
- Making cookies that are good for your heart
- Androgen receptor may explain male dominance in liver cancer
- Many roads lead to superconductivity
- Measuring preference for multitasking
- 'Artificial ovary' develops oocytes into mature human eggs
- Possible risk gene for schizophrenia uncovered
- Global fisheries research finds promise and peril: While industry contributes 0B annually, overfishing takes toll on people and revenue
- How a normally defensive immune response can help HIV
- Playing snooker with atoms
- Why 'scientific consensus' fails to persuade
- Chandra finds evidence for stellar cannibalism
- Watercress may 'turn off' breast cancer signal
- Research will help ID bodies left behind by Chilean earthquake, Pinochet regime
- Gene therapy plus chemotherapy ups odds for success in treating 'bubble boy' disease
- CRISPR critters: Scientists identify key enzyme in microbial immune system
- False memories of self-performance result from watching others' actions
- Chemicals in indoor swimming pools may increase cancer risk
- B vitamins slow brain atrophy in people with memory problems
- How our brains get tripped up when we're anxious
- Smokeless tobacco products not a safe option, won't help smokers quit, analysis finds
- Sorghum bran has more antioxidants than blueberries, pomegranates, study finds
- Children and adults see the world differently, research finds
- Supernova shrapnel found in meteorite
- Asthma medication may benefit patients with multiple sclerosis
- Wildflower ‘armors’ itself against disease
- New pathway identified in Parkinson's through brain imaging
- Would a molecular horse trot, pace or glide across a surface? Chemists study quadrupedal molecular machines
- Success of IVF varies with season of the year, study suggests
- New artificial skin could make prosthetic limbs and robots more sensitive
- Pilot study demonstrates safety of diabetes medication for patients with Alzheimer's disease
- If the water looks and smells bad, it may be toxic
- Antiviral therapy associated with fewer recurring eye problems from herpes simplex virus
- Expanding threat of hypoxia in U.S. coastal waters
- There is more to motor imagery than mental simulation
- Scientists 'clone' human virus responsible for congenital malformations and other life-threatening diseases
- Childhood cancer survivors show sustained benefit from common ADHD medication
- Public handwashing: More adults than ever (85 percent) observed washing hands in public restrooms
- New metabolic markers may predict preeclampsia in early pregnancy
- 2010 was fourth warmest U.S. summer on record
- Opioid use to relieve pain and suffering at end of life is safe in hospital-at-home setting, study finds
- Sun and volcanic eruptions pace North Atlantic climate swings
- Protein-based biomarkers in blood serum could classify individuals with Alzheimer's disease
- Targeted agent shows promise for chronic lymphoid leukemia
- The pocket projector is a reality
- No support for routine prostate screening, but one-off test at 60 may be beneficial
- Informatics = essential MD competency
- Study identifies students at risk for difficulties in medical school
- Experts call for incorporating economic reality into medical education
- Educational intervention may help medical students adapt care for patients needing nonstandard care
- Depressed medical students more likely to associate stigma with depression, study finds
- New task force report on bisphosphonate use and atypical femur fractures in osteoporosis patients
Posted 2010-09-14:
- Male maturity shaped by early nutrition; Differences between the sexes affected by environment during first six months of life
- Repeated antibiotic use alters gut's composition of beneficial microbes, study shows
- No dead zones observed or expected as part of BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill
- Key pathway implicated in progression of childhood cancer identified
- Dwarf galaxy evolution: Reionization alone is not able to stop star formation, research shows
- New study reconciles conflicting data on mental aging
- Hubble harvests distant solar system objects
- Brain stimulation can help partially paralysed stroke patients regain use of their muscles, research finds
- How football playing robots have the future of artificial intelligence at their feet
- Genes behind arsenic in food identified
- New gecko species identified in West African rain forests
- Supervised injection facilities can help people quit drugs, study shows
- Video games lead to faster decisions that are no less accurate
- New insight into 'accelerated aging' disease
- Manatee subspecies genetically confirmed, but diversity challenge looms
- Liquid nitrogen most effective at removing warts, study finds
- Pole-to-pole climate research: Adaptation lessons from tiny springtails
- National study finds 70 percent increase in basketball-related traumatic brain injuries
- Funneling solar energy: Antenna made of carbon nanotubes could make photovoltaic cells more efficient
- Gene discovery could yield treatments for nearsightedness
- Emerging technologies may fuel revolutionary launcher
- Increasing selenium intake may decrease bladder cancer risk
- Tiny rulers to measure nanoscale structures
- New treatment options target underlying causes of childhood obsessive-compulsive and Tourette's disorders
- Engineers make artificial skin out of nanowires
- Genes tied to deadliest ovarian cancers identified
- The bright red of cardinals means less in urban areas
- Tumor budding identified as predictor for unfavorable outcome in lung cancer
- Brain uses eyes to pick up things: Unraveling the calculations
- Concussions in young athletes on the rise, especially in hockey and football players
- Ancient viral invasion shaped human genome
- Physical activity can reduce the genetic predisposition to obesity by 40 percent, study finds
- How disease-causing parasite gets around human innate immunity
- Therapeutic targets found for rare cancer in children
- Using underground clues to determine past atmospheric heat
- Human well-being is improving even as ecosystem services decline: Why?
- Glasperlenspiel: Scientists propose new test for gravity
- Long-standing mystery of protein 'quality control' mechanism solved
- Structural defects precede functional decline in heart muscle
- Lung cancer survival rates improved through use of individualized chemotherapy
- Dry lake bed salts promote cloud formation
- People want to be asked before sharing genetic data, study finds
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